ourfelves more and more to thee; preferve and (a) increafe thy church, deftroy the (b) works of the devil, and all violence which would exalt itself against thee; and alfo, all wicked counfels devised against thy holy word; till the full (c) perfection of thy kingdom takes place, (d) wherein thou shalt be all in all. a Pf. li, 18. b 1 John iii, 8. Rom xvi. 20. c Rev. xxii, 17, 20. di Cor. xv, 28. XLIX. LORD'S DAY. Q. 124. Which is the third petition? A." (e) Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven;" that is, grant that we and all men may renounce (f) our own will, and without inurmuring (g) obey thy will which is only good; that fo every one may attend to and perform the duties of his ftation and calling as willingly and faithfully, as the (i) angels do iu heaven. e Mat. vi, 1o. f Mat. xvi, 24. Tit. ii. xii. g Luke xxii, 42. 1 Cor. vii, 24. Eph. iv, 1. i Pf. ciii, 20. L. LORD'S DAY, Q 125. Which is the fourth petition? A."(k) Give us this day our daily bread;" that is, be pleased to provide us with all things () neceffary for the body, that we may thereby acknowledge thee to be the only fountain of aH (m) good, and that neither our care nor industry, nor even thy gifts, can () profit us without thy bleffing, and therefore that we may withdraw our truft from all creatures, and place (0) it alone in thee, k Mat, vi. 11. / Pf. cxlv, 15. Mat. vi. 25, &c. m Acts xvii, 25, and xiv, 17. # 1 Cor. xv. 58. Deut. viii, 3. Pf. cxxvii, 1, 2. 0 Pf. lxii, 11, and lv, 23. . LI. LORD's DAY. Q. 126. Which is the fifth petition ? A. " (0) And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors;" that is, be pleafed for the fake of Christ's blood, (P) not to impute to us poor finners, our tranfgreffions, nor that depravity which always cleaves to us, even as we feel this evidence of thy grace in us, that it is our firm refolution from the heart, to (7) forgive our neighbour. 。 Mat. vi, 2, p Pf. li, 1. 1 John, ii, 1, 2.: 9 Mat. vi, 14, 15, LORD's: DAY. Q 127. Which is the fixth petition? A. « (~) And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil;" that is, fince we are fo weak in ourselves, that we cannot ftand (s) a moment; and besides this, fince our mortal enemies, the devil, (1) the (u) world, and our own (v) fieth, cease not to affault us; do thou therefore preserve and strengthen us by the power of thy holy Spirit, that we may not be overcome in this fpiritual warfare; (x) but conftantly and ftrenuously may refift ear foes, till at laft we (5) obtain a complete victory. r Mat. vi, 13. John v, 5. Pf. ciii, 14. 1 Pet. v, 8 u Eph. vi, 12. John xv. 19. Rom. vii. 23. Gal. v, 17. ≈ Mat, xxvi, 41. Mark xiii, 33- FL Thes. iii, 13, and v, 23. Q. 128. How doft thou conclude thy prayer? A.“ (2) For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory for ever;" that is, all these we af of thee, because thou being our King and Almighty, art willing and able to (a) give us all good; and ali this we pray for, that thereby not we, but thy holy name may (6) be glorified for ever. z Mat, vi, 13. a Rom. x, 12. 2 Pet. ii, 9. b John xiv, 13. Pf. cxv, 1. Phil. iv, 20. Q1a9. What doth the word “ AMEN” signify ? A."Amen, "fignifies, it fhall truly and certainly be; for my prayer is more affuredly heard of God. than I feet in my heart, that I desire these things of him. "2 Cor, i. 20, 2 Tim. ii. 13. THE END OF THE CATECHISM.. A COMPENDIUM OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION For those who intend to approach THE HOLY SUPPER OF THE LORD. 1. How OW many things are necessary for thee to know, that thou enjoying real comfort, mayeft live and die happily? A. Three first how great my fins and miferies are: the fecond, how I may be delivered from all my fius and miferies: the third, how I fhall ex prefs my gratitude to God for fuch deliverance: THE FIRST PART. OF THE MISERY OF MAN, 2. Q. Whence knowest thou thy mifery? 3. Q. What hath God commanded thee in his law?" A. That is contained in the ten commandments, which he hath revealed in fcripture, as follows: Exodus xx, and Deut. v, 4, 5, &c. I am the Lord thy God which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. |